Isolation of the third capsule-associated gene, CAP60, required for virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2230-2236

  Chang, Y C ^a   Kwon Chung, K J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 NITROQUINOLINE 1 OXIDE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRULENCE;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS;

EID: 0031924971     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.5.2230-2236.1998     Document Type: Article

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